Sub`con*tract"or (?), n. One who takes a portion of a contract, as for
work, from the principal contractor.
Sub*con"tra*ry (?), a. 1. Contrary in an inferior degree.
2. (Geom.) Having, or being in, a contrary order; -- said of a section
of an oblique cone having a circular base made by a plane not parallel
to the base, but so inclined to the axis that the section is a circle;
applied also to two similar triangles when so placed as to have a
common angle at the vertex, the opposite sides not being parallel.
Brande & C.
3. (Logic) Denoting the relation of opposition between the particular
affirmative and particular negative. Of these both may be true and only
one can be false.
Sub*con"tra*ry, n.; pl. Subcontraries (&?;). (Logic) A subcontrary
proposition; a proposition inferior or contrary in a lower degree.
Sub*cor"a*coid (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under the coracoid process of
the scapula; as, the subcoracoid dislocation of the humerus.
Sub*cor"date (?), a. Somewhat cordate; somewhat like a heart in shape.
Sub*cor"ne*ous (?), a. (Anat.) (a) Situated under a horny part or
layer. (b) Partially horny.
Sub*cos"tal (?), a. (Anat. & Zoöl.) Situated below the costas, or ribs;
as, the subcostal muscles.
The subcostal muscles are distinct from, and within, the intercostal.
Sub*cos"tal, n. 1. (Anat.) A subcostal muscle.
2. (Zoöl.) One of the principal nervures of the wings of an insect. It
is situated next beneath or behind the costal. See Nervure.
Sub*cra"ni*al (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under, or on the ventral side
of, the cranium; facial.
Sub`crus*ta"ceous (?), a. Occurring beneath a crust or scab; as, a
subcrustaceous cicatrization.
Sub*crys"tal*line (?), a. Imperfectly crystallized.
{ Sub*cul"trate (?), Sub*cul"tra*ted (?), } a. (Zoöl.) Having a form
resembling that of a colter, or straight on one side and curved on the
other.
Sub`cu*ta"ne*ous (?), a. Situated under the skin; hypodermic. --
Sub`cu*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv.
Subcutaneous operation (Surg.), an operation performed without opening
that part of the skin opposite to, or over, the internal section.
Sub`cu*tic"u*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Situated under the cuticle, or
scarfskin.
{ Sub`cy*lin"dric*al (?), Sub`cy*lin"dric (?) }, a. Imperfectly
cylindrical; approximately cylindrical.
Sub*dea"con (?), n. [Pref. sub- + deacon: cf. L. subdiaconus.] (Eccl.)
One belonging to an order in the Roman Catholic Church, next interior
to the order of deacons; also, a member of a minor order in the Greek
Church.
{ Sub*dea"con*ry (?), Sub*dea"con*ship, } n. (Eccl.) The order or
office of subdeacon.
Sub"dean` (?), n. [Pref. sub- + dean: cf. F. sousdoyen.] An under dean;
the deputy or substitute of a dean. Ayliffe.
Sub*dean"er*y (?), n. Office or rank of subdean.
Sub*dec"a*nal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a subdean or subdeanery.
Sub*dec"u*ple (?), a. Containing one part of ten.
Sub*del"e*gate (?), n. A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior
powers.
Sub*del"e*gate (?), v. t. To appoint to act as subdelegate, or as a
subordinate; to depete.
Sub*dent"ed (?), a. Indented beneath.
Sub`de*part"ment (?), n. A subordinate department; a bureau. See the
Note under Bureau.
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Sub`de*pos"it (?), n. That which is deposited beneath something else.
Sub`der*i*so"ri*ous (?), a. [Pref. sub- + L. derisorius. See Derisory.]
Ridiculing with moderation. [R.] Dr. H. More.
Sub`de*riv"a*tive (?), n. A word derived from a derivative, and not
directly from the root; as, "friendliness" is a subderivative, being
derived from "friendly", which is in turn a derivative from "friend."
Sub`di*ac"o*nate (?), a. Of or pertaining to a subdeacon, or to the
office or rank of a subdeacon.
Sub`di*ac"o*nate, n. The office or rank of a subdeacon.
Sub*di"al (?), a. [L. subdialis in the open air.] Of or pertaining to
the open air; being under the open sky. [R.] N. Bacon.
Sub*di"a*lect (?), n. A subordinate dialect.
Sub`di*chot"o*my (?), n. A subordinate, or inferior, division into
parts; a subdivision. [R.]
Many subdichatomies of petty schisms.
Milton.
Sub`di*lat"ed (?), a. Partially dilated.
Sub`di*ti"tious (?), a. [L. subdititius, subditicius, fr. subdere to
substitute.] Put secretly in the place of something else; foisted in.
[R.]
Sub`di*ver"si*fy (?), v. t. To diversify aggain what is already
diversified. [R.] Sir M. Hale.
Sub`di*vide" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Subdivided (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Subdividing.] [L. subdividere, sub under + dividere to divide. See
Divide.] To divide the parts of (anything) into more parts; to part
into smaller divisions; to divide again, as what has already been
divided.
The progenies of Cham and Japhet swarmed into colonies, and those
colonies were subdivided into many others.
Dryden.
Sub`di*vide", v. i. To be, or to become, subdivided.
Sub`di*vine" (?), a. Partaking of divinity; divine in a partial or
lower degree. Bp. Hall.
Sub`di*vis"i*ble (?), a. Susceptible of subdivision.
Sub`di*vi"sion (?), n. [L. subdivisio: cf. F. subdivision.] 1. The act
of subdividing, or separating a part into smaller parts.